Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Jefferson
Event narrative (NOAA)
The Meramec and Big Rivers rose above major flood stage in the late evening hours of April 30th due to the heavy rainfall. A number of roads were closed due to the river flooding. A 77-year old man drowned when he walked to a creek (that feeds into the nearby Big River) near his house (off of Mimi Mountain Road and Highway BB) to survey the rising water, slipped and was swept away by the current. His body was recovered about three quarters of a mile downstream.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.